Elizabeth, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Elizabeth's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 62.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.4°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,578 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationElizabeth
- Station IDUSC00162800
- Location30.85°N 92.78°W
- Elevation150 ft (46 m)
- Population409
On October 23, the normal high in Elizabeth is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Elizabeth.
- Jan 61° 38°
- Feb 66° 42°
- Mar 73° 48°
- Apr 79° 54°
- May 85° 63°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 93° 71°
- Sep 90° 66°
- Oct 80° 55°
- Nov 70° 46°
- Dec 63° 40°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Elizabeth each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.13 in), the least in August (3.95 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 38°F | 49.6°F | 5.73 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 4.56 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 73°F | 48°F | 60.5°F | 4.62 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 6.13 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 63°F | 73.8°F | 5.04 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.9°F | 5.34 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 5.05 | 10 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 71°F | 82.1°F | 3.95 | 9 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 5.40 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 55°F | 67.3°F | 5.16 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 46°F | 58.1°F | 5.83 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 40°F | 51.6°F | 5.30 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 55°F | 66.9°F | 62.11 | 111 | 88 | 31 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 146 mm |
| February | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 116 mm |
| March | 23°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 117 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 156 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 128 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 136 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 128 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 100 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 137 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 131 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 148 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 135 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Oberlin (17 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00162800; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Elizabeth?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00162800.
When is the last frost in Elizabeth?
In Elizabeth, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 3 in half of years and after March 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 25 in half of years and before November 3 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 31 year in 10 after March 28; 9 in 10 after February 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 251 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 268 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 305 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 14 in half of springs and before December 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elizabeth in zone 9a in ZIP code 70638, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Louisiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00162800; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Elizabeth?
In a normal year in Elizabeth, 88 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 31 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 88a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 31a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 111a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1924) is 109°F, on September 1, 2000; the lowest is 6°F, on January 24, 1948.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 86.97 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 5.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00162800; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00162800. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Elizabeth?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Elizabeth, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.9 |
| February | 66% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.5 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 80% | 6.1 |
| June | 79% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 79% | 3.4 |
| December | 70% | 2.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Elizabeth need?
A normal year in Elizabeth brings 1,794 heating degree days, 67% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,532 cooling degree days, 2.8 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,526 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 482 | 6 |
| February | 326 | 14 |
| March | 189 | 49 |
| April | 68 | 117 |
| May | 6 | 280 |
| June | 0 | 448 |
| July | 0 | 530 |
| August | 0 | 532 |
| September | 1 | 384 |
| October | 64 | 135 |
| November | 232 | 27 |
| December | 426 | 9 |
| Year (annual) | 1,794 | 2,532 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00162800. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Elizabeth's climate compare?
Elizabeth is warmer than 30 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 41. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.9°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Elizabeth is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Elizabeth share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Oakdale, LA6,490 people · 8 mi E
- Glenmora, LA1,034 people · 15 mi NE
- Pitkin, LA460 people · 11 mi NW
- McNary, LA199 people · 15 mi NE
- Sugartown, LA0 people · 13 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Elizabeth's climate
What is the coldest month in Elizabeth?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Elizabeth?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Elizabeth's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Oberlin (17 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Elizabeth?
April, with 6.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.95 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Elizabeth in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Elizabeth in zone 9a in ZIP code 70638, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Elizabeth?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 3; in one year in ten it comes after March 28. Waiting until March 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Oberlin, LA17 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Fort Polk Fullerton Landing Strip, LA24 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- De Ridder, LA30 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Rosepine, LA30 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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